Stax offers free virtual soul music event for Black History Month

Stax Music Academy student Iriana Green performs in ‘Soul of America: The Evolution of Soulsville,’ a virtual Black History Month presentation that became available online Feb. 3. Photo credit Anaya Walker, courtesy of Stax Music Academy

 

Stax Music Academy student Iriana Green performs in ‘Soul of America: The Evolution of Soulsville,’ a virtual Black History Month presentation that became available online Feb. 3. Photo credit Anaya Walker, courtesy of Stax Music Academy
Stax Music Academy student Iriana Green performs in ‘Soul of America: The Evolution of Soulsville,’ a virtual Black History Month presentation that became available online Feb. 3. Photo credit Anaya Walker, courtesy of Stax Music Academy

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The foundation associated with the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and the Stax Music Academy said a new multimedia presentation celebrating Black History Month is now available for viewing online.

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Stax Museum taps legendary Booker T. Jones for 2023 20th anniversary announcement

Booker T. Jones plays piano at the Petaluma Wine, Jazz, and Blues Festival, August 2009. Photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – During a special event held today, September 14, 2022, at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Soulsville Foundation officials, former Stax artists, and others announced plans for the museum’s 20th anniversary to be celebrated throughout 2023.

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